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Stars in Hiding
By William R. Newcott, November 2005
Where do celebrities go to lose the paparazzi and gain some peace of mind?
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Author David Baldacci (new novel is The Camel Club)
"I spend my time with my kids. I will go out and play catch with my son, Collin, who's nine. He has a wicked fastball. Every time the ball hits my mitt, it's like a catharsis for me. And listening to my 12-year-old daughter, Spencer, play the piano is one of the most restful things I can do."
TV host Dick Cavett (new video is Rock Icons)
"There is only one perfect unwinding place that I know of. It is in Nebraska, my home state, and it is 20,000 acres of absolute tranquility known as the Nebraska Sandhills. These ancient, gently rolling dunes, covered with rich prairie grass, are simply an earthly paradise; the true Sea of Grass. I once drove over a hundred miles there without seeing another car. If you're sick of people—and who isn't?—this is the place for you. Just don't tell everybody, okay?"
Singer Rita Coolidge (new album is And So Is Love)
"The ultimate peace for me is at my daughter's home in North Carolina. I sit by her idyllic pond, feeling the breeze and just "being" in the beauty of my family and all the nature that surrounds us there."
Singer Rod Stewart
"Our getaway retreat would have to be Palm Beach. For [my fiancée] Penny and me, it's a sanctuary where a few days feels like a few weeks. We love it that the house is on the beach, where there is that spiritual connection to nature and the world beyond."
Odd Couple star Jack Klugman (new book is Tony and Me)
Every day I go by myself to Hollywood Park racetrack. I don't bet a lot—no more than $10 or $20. When I am there, I don't think about anything else, just handicapping."
Cartoonist Lynn Johnston (new book is Never Wink at a Worried Woman)
"I watch Spanish soap operas. The story lines are weak, but I love to hear the language."
Columbo star Peter Falk (new movie is The Thing About My Folks)
"I have an art studio at the beach in Venice, California. I have northern light—I put a skylight in. I'm a drawer. I'm old-fashioned: I think you should really know how to draw before you start painting. Anyway, I get a hold of a female model, and sometimes she's even wearing clothes."
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